Gluckshaus

Glückshaus

A German dice game that used a betting board and dates back to at least the 1500. The name translates as house of "luck," or "fortune." Players take turns rolling the dice and and must pay, or win "coins" from the board. Most traditional boards were fairly plain, but we dressed ours up a little -inspired partially by one of the more elaborate surviving examples. Includes the basic rules, as well as a Yiddish version we found, dice and 50 glass drops to use as chips.